Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English

A yellow book with a black and white illustration showing a woman tending to a woman who is pregnant. At the bottom it says, "A history of women healers".

This book explores two important phases in the male takeover of health care: the suppression of witches in medieval Europe and the rise of the male medical profession in the United States. It was published by The Feminist Press in New York in 1973.

 

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Date: 1973

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A yellow book with a black and white illustration showing a woman tending to a woman who is pregnant. At the bottom it says, "A history of women healers".
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses. A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English.

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